by.
town, city (regardless of population size or land area)
Meaning & usage
town, city (regardless of population size or land area)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Danish by, from Old Norse býr (“place (to camp or settle), settlement”), derived from búa, whence bo.
to command, order
to bid, offer
to invite
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Danish byde, from Old Norse bjóða, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”). The contracted pronunciation is probably due to native Norwegian influence as it seems not to have been common in Danish (unlike other verbs such as bede, whence Bokmål be).
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